In the past year, she had been busy making money so she hadnât had time to come to school. Naturally she wasnât able to stay in the dorms and so wasnât too clear what her other two roommatesâ situations were, since she hadnât gone out of her way to pay attention to them. She only remembered the last time she had gone to the dorm room to pack up her things, she heard Anâan speaking to someone on the phone. Her words were very ambiguous while her clothes and accessories seemed to have risen in quality.
Anâan glared at Shi Sheng as she hugged Young Master Linâs arm, wordlessly conveying her claim.
âI wonder when Ms Xu will be free? I wish to invite you out to have lunch together.â
âYoung Master LinâŚâ Anâan called out in disbelief. She had finally managed to get a rich young master to take a liking to her after much effort yet he wanted to invite Xu Chengyue out for lunch. âXu Chengyue, Iâm Young Master Linâs girlfriend! Just how shameless are you to try to seduce someone the moment you see them?â
âThis person has a hole in her brain!â After Shi Sheng had finished her evaluation, she retrieved her gaze. âI think we should leave that for after the contract has been signed!â
Young Master Lin hadnât reacted to his new girlfriendâs words when a Porsche pulled up, Shi Sheng got on it and left. All this had happened in but a few seconds. When the car had completely disappeared from Young Master Linâs line of sight, he flung Anâan off him before rebuking in a low voice, âWhat is wrong with you?! You actually dared to speak to her like that?!â
âHad she been upset just now, this project would be done for!â
âWhat did I say wrong?â Anâan hadnât thought Young Master Lin would suddenly roar at her as her face changed suddenly. âDid you take a liking to her?!â
Young Master Lin gave a cold laugh. âI want to but she wouldnât be interested. Do you know who she is?! The daughter of the biggest shareholder of the Yunshang Group! Her net worth exceeds a billion, if she took a liking to me, even if I gave myself for free Iâd be content!â
Young Master Lin didnât wait for her reaction as he left. He didnât wish for the project to fly away all because of a woman; His dad would kill him.
Anâan had been in this circle for a time now so she had naturally heard of Yunshang Groupâs Young Miss Xu. But she hadnât thought that the Young Miss Xu was actually her roommate. âThe Young Miss Xu is Xu Chengyue?! How is this possible?!â
Anâan went online and typed Xu Chengyue in the search engine. A lot of news reports popped up but there werenât any pictures. However, from the details, she could draw the conclusion that Young Miss Xu was the Xu Chengyue that she knew. Thinking about her words before, she wished she could just commit suicide by running headfirst into a wall.
She was the Young Miss of the Yunshang Group, so why would she go and become someoneâs mistress? There were so many clues that pointed out she wasnât a normal person so why hadnât she discovered it? âThatâs right⌠Su Yiyi, it was her who kept implying that Xu Chengyue was someoneâs mistress.â Thinking of Su Yiyi, Anâanâs face turned green.
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In three years, Shi Sheng had managed to get her net worth to equal a tenth of Chu Tangâs. At least this time, Chu Tang kept his word and proposed to Shi Sheng with her parents as the witnesses. From the engagement to the actual marriage, everything went smoothly.
Their relationship was very stable. Chu Tang didnât have any other women aside from Shi Sheng. No matter what events he went to, he always brought her and they always left together. Chu Tangâs considerate actions towards Shi Sheng caused envy in countless onlookers. However, only people who were close to them knew that their interactions were filled with the scent of gunpowder, as if they might start fighting any time.
Xu Chengyueâs parents lived in bliss in their twilight years. Their only regret was that they never got to see any grandchildren. Only after Chu Tang died did Shi Sheng manage to leave and return to the System space.
Having regained her youthful looks, Shi Sheng was very happy and hopped around in the space for a while before calming down. She sat cross-legged in front of the half-person tall book.
[Congratulations to the Host for returning. How is the Host feeling?]Â Systemâs icy-cold voice rang out.
âFeeling? What feeling?â Shi Sheng gazed uncomprehendingly at the screen.
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Shi Sheng propped up her jaw as she changed the topic. âI donât think the hidden quest was completed, right?â
Chu Tang wasnât in love with her. She could feel that. Chu Tang had never touched {not literally, it means he never made any advances} her. Perhaps later on he had treated her like a family member but he had never felt any romantic love for her. It was pure familial love through and through.
[Affirmative. The Hidden Quest was not completed.]
The monitor flickered before showing her stats:
Name: Shi Sheng
Morality Points: -99,000
Mission Rank: F
Mission Points: 75
Contribution Points: 1,000
Hidden Quest: Incomplete
[The progress on the Hidden Quest reached 60% hence the Host shall not be terminated. However, 500 Contribution Points will be deducted as punishment.]Â As System spoke, the number next to âContribution Pointsâ reduced to 500.
Shi Sheng ââŚâ
[Conditions for System Shop have been reached. Do you wish to open it?]
âSystem Shop? Hey it really exists! Open it, open it!!â
The screen in front of Shi Sheng changed to reveal an inventory catalogue. InventoryâŚÂ âThe hell are all these?â
From small items like rice, oil and salt as well as dolls to large items like a space warship with cloaking abilities. There were even items listed as âIdentity Creatorâ[1] and âLock-Openerâ⌠There was pretty much everything you could think of. Shi Sheng looked at the image for the space warship. The contribution points needed⌠there were too many 0s, she couldnât count them all. Shi Sheng shut the shop, it was too expensive for her to afford it.
[Host, due to the appearance of a BUG during this mission, I need to conduct a scan. Please do not resist.]
âBUG⌠It should be referring to my hacking abilities as well as those two grenades. This dumb System!â Shi Sheng rolled her eyes, âNo way in hell your scan will ever be able to detect anything!â
In the end, System obviously didnât manage to detect anything in the scan. The data received was exactly the same as in the beginning. It didnât show anywhere that the Host had any hacker skills. The System was confused. âThatâs not rightâŚâ
[Do you wish to enter the next mission?]
[Initialising transferâŚ]
âHey, hey, I havenât said anything though? Youâre definitely taking revenge on me for calling you dumb!â
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Pa!
Just as Shi Sheng was coming to, she was slapped in the face. Her body swayed and she fell.
âCut! Who told you to sit down?! What are you sitting down for?!? Do you think youâre Lin Daiyu[2]? This is already the nth run and you still havenât got it right!â
Shi Sheng was slightly stunned from the roar that came from a loudspeaker. She shook her head before managing to see where she was. It was a very ancient looking room and in front of her stood a beauty that would fit the tastes of the ancients. Of course, if said beauty hadnât been looking at her with such disdain and contempt, she would have been able to appreciate her more.
Shi Sheng took in the surroundings as the confusion in her eyes was swept clean.
Filmmaking, entertainment industry, celebrities.
These words appeared in Shi Shengâs head.
She took a deep breath and got up. She swept a gaze at the woman in front of her, âShe was the one who hit me just now. With the strength she used, she was clearly making things difficult for me on purpose.â
Shi Sheng didnât know what enmity this body had with the person in front of her so she could only temporarily set her matter aside as she bowed towards the director. âSorry director, Iâll definitely pass next time.â
The director was a fat man. Although he was still angry, Shi Sheng was a young lady and she was apologising to him nicely so the director couldnât very well make things difficult for her. He waved his hand in irritation, âGo and rest, weâre continuing in a bit.â
On the directorâs words, the filming crew immediately dispersed. And the woman in front of Shi Sheng gave her a cold humph before, with her head held high, she lifted her skirt which was dragging on the floor and left, looking like an arrogant queen.
Shi Sheng rubbed her stinging face as her turbid gaze fixed onto the womanâs departing back.
[1]Â Iâm guessing it allows you to create identification papers in a modern world setting.
[2]Â Lin Daiyu is one of the principal characters of the Chinese novel âDream of the Red Chamberâ. I havenât actually read the book so I donât understand the reference. But from what I gathered, I think she was like what Cersei was in Game of Thrones?
Authorâs note:
The opening story wasnât very long, please be understanding. Chu Tang is the male lead but the male lead wonât easily fall for our protagonist and vice versa. Rest assured though, there is no tragedy in their relationship, only doting. Also, every story here has the background of a âbrokenâ story so the characters that show up wonât be normal most of the time so donât be surprised.
If you have any opinions, do raise them but please donât scold me. Be little angels full of love.
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This is the second story, itâs about the entertainment industry.
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And thatâs the final chapter for this arc. First chapter of the next arc will be out next Monday.